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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – FMCG COMPANY

Employer
SmithCarey Recruitment
Location
Scotland
Salary
Attractive salary, plus bonus, car & benefits
Closing date
23 Nov 2024
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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – FMCG COMPANY
Field based: Scotland
Attractive salary, plus bonus, car & benefits

The Company

Our client, part of a highly successful division within a major FMCG company, is seeking a Business Development Manager to join their sales team. This private and entrepreneurial company operates across multiple categories, including grocery, drinks and household brands.

The role is based in Scotland, and candidates should ideally reside within a reasonable commute to Glasgow or Edinburgh or be willing to relocate. A valid UK driving license is required.

The Role

The BDM role will have direct responsibility for developing the company's broad product portfolio across wholesale accounts, including United Wholesale Grocers.

Your responsibilities will include managing and developing relationships with key customers, creating and leading customer business plans to drive sales, profit and brand growth, working closely with key stakeholders, and delivering sales and profit targets.

About You

We are looking for graduate calibre individuals with a minimum of c. 5 years’ sales experience gained in the FMCG sector working across the convenience / wholesale environment. Alternatively, you may be a more experienced candidate with wholesale experience, based in Scotland, looking to broaden your category knowledge.

This is a hands-on role with real responsibility that will test your influencing skills from day one. To be successful you will need to display a confident, articulate and persuasive personality, combined with passion and a drive for success.

If you think you’ve got what it takes and are ultimately keen to develop a career with a leading FMCG company, please apply here or email your CV to Maria Murphy at mariam@smithcarey.co.uk, quoting reference number MM/2496.

Closing Date for applications: 23rd November 2024

 

Company

As specialists in Sales & Marketing Recruitment and Training, SmithCarey Ltd have extensive knowledge and experience of the FMCG market and all trade channels from the recruitment and corporate perspective, which together with face-to-face contact ensures that we understand both our clients and candidates needs. We are fully committed to building long-term client and candidate relationships based on trust and results, which ensures candidates can effectively manage their ‘career road map’ and get the right job, not just any job, as well as ensuring our clients select the best talent.

We are passionate and committed to helping ambitious, commercial talent achieve their potential in some of food and drink’s most progressive and respected companies.

Our services at SmithCarey embrace retained recruitment consultancy, interim management and training, with our FMCG clients ranging from major bluechips to medium and small companies across food, drink and non-food, branded and own label.

Spanning both the corporate and the recruitment viewpoint, our Consultants have an outstanding track record of knowledge and experience in the FMCG market – specifically Sales & Marketing, including; National Account Management, Category Management, Customer Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Field Sales, International Sales Management and Brand Marketing.

We take our relationship with you, the candidate - and you, the client - very seriously. What you can expect from us is honest advice and real assistance at an individual level. We understand your concerns, we can get on your wavelength, and we can produce the results you want – be it a major career move to steer you in the right direction with your future ‘career road map’ or simply some welcome guidance and support.

The SmithCarey team are passionate in their belief that companies who want to attract top talent need to invest and take a more proactive approach, even before vacancies arise, by creating an employer branding talent attraction strategy. We have invested heavily in both resource and new technology to embrace the LinkedIn/Facebook generation, through social networking tools and other media.

Everything we do is done with passion, professionalism and integrity. We operate with strict confidentiality and never send out CVs without prior consent, recommend candidates without thorough screening or market false positions to attract response.

Our message to people who have the drive and energy to be a success is to come and talk to us. We can help by advising you what’s out there, provide support with your ‘career roadmap’ for how you might progress, together with advice on how to make it happen and, who knows, we might have the perfect position for you right now!

Take a look at our current opportunities; then email with a covering letter, stating your current remuneration package and a copy of your CV to one of our Consultants.

For Recruitment:

Mark Smith - mark@smithcarey.co.uk - mobile 07747 847214

Maria Murphy – mariam@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07745 184922

For Training:

Paul Carey - paul@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07786 745165

Or for any other general enquiries call 01488 649360 or email: directors@smithcarey.co.uk or visit our website www.smithcarey.co.uk

We look forward to helping you manage your future ‘career road map’ and assisting you in building a successful Sales or Marketing career in the exciting world of FMCG.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01488 649 360
Location
SmithCarey Limited
PO Box 735
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 9PH
United Kingdom

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